You don't see many Totoya Prius drivers gunning the accelerator at the green light. Or perhaps they are gunning it, but nobody can tell. Hybrid and electric vehicles have a reputation for being underpowered, but one firm -- AC Propulsion -- shows that electric doesn't have to mean tortoise-like speeds: they've built a roadster that does 0 to 60 in 3.6 seconds.
If you've ever done 0 to 60 in anything under five seconds, you can appreciate just how amazing this feat seems. This isn't just fast, it's drag racing fast. It's the kind of acceleration that turns your brain to jelly in the back half of your skull.
Unstated, of course, is the car's range. I bet it doesn't have any to speak of. I'd also bet that the batteries alone cost more than most vehicles today, meaning that while this car is a fun demonstration, it's not even close to the kind of electric wheels we'll be driving some day.
But it serves its purpose: to demonstrate that electric vehicles don't have to be slow.
About the author: Mike Adams is a natural health author and award-winning journalist with a passion for teaching people how to improve their health He has authored more than 1,800 articles and dozens of reports, guides and interviews on natural health topics, and he is well known as the creator of popular downloadable preparedness programs on financial collapse, emergency food storage, wilderness survival and home defense skills. Adams is an independent journalist with strong ethics who does not get paid to write articles about any product or company. In 2010, Adams co-founded NaturalNews.com, a natural health video sharing site that has now grown in popularity. He also founded an environmentally-friendly online retailer called BetterLifeGoods.com that uses retail profits to help support consumer advocacy programs. He's also the founder of a well known HTML email software company whose 'Email Marketing Director' software currently runs the NaturalNews subscription database. Adams volunteers his time to serve as the executive director of the Consumer Wellness Center, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization, and practices nature photography, Capoeira, martial arts and organic gardening. He's also author of numerous health books published by Truth Publishing and is the creator of several consumer-oriented grassroots campaigns, including the Spam. Don't Buy It! campaign, and the free downloadable Honest Food Guide. He also created the free reference sites HerbReference.com and HealingFoodReference.com. Adams believes in free speech, free access to nutritional supplements and the ending of corporate control over medicines, genes and seeds.
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